READ ME for Replicating Figures 2 and 4 in 
Shoshan, Aya and Oser, Jennifer. Visualizing Scientific Landscapes: A Powerful Method for Mapping Research Fields.

Step 1: Download VOS Viewer
Website authors used for download: https://www.vosviewer.com/download 
Version used for analysis: 1.6.20 (downloaded December 25, 2023)

For Figure 2:

Step 2: Orient to files in the replication folder: 
1_Complete vetted dataset_Tab Delimited file
2_Co_occurrence_thesaurus

Step 3: Open VOSviewer and click "create"
-Select "Create a map based on bibliographic data" -> Read data from bibliographic database files
-Choose "Web of Science" file and open file <1_Complete vetted dataset_Tab Delimited file>
-Type of analysis: Co-occurrence
-Unit of analysis: All keywords
-Counting method: Full counting 
-VOSviewer thesaurus file: Open file <2_Co_occurrence_thesaurus>
-Choose threshold, minimum number of occurrences of a keyword: Input "15" (85 meet the threshold)
-Choose number of keywords: retain "85"
-Verify selected keywords: select "Finish" --> map is created

Step 4: In map interface
-Click left-hand menu tab "File"
-Click "Save", and save both "VOSviewer map file" and "VOS viewer network file"
-To save image, click on "Screenshot", and save file in preferred format (options: png, svg, gif, etc)

For Figure 4:

Step 2: Orient to files in the replication folder: 
1_Complete vetted dataset_Tab Delimited file
3_Co_citation_thesaurus

Step 3: Open VOSviewer and click "create"
-Select "Create a map based on bibliogarphic data" -> Read data from bibliographic database files
-Choose "Web of Science" file and open file <1_Complete vetted dataset_Tab Delimited file>
-Type of analysis: Co-citation
-Unit of analysis: Cited references
-Counting method: Full counting 
-VOSviewer thesaurus file: Open file <3_Co_citation_thesaurus>
-Choose threshold, minimum number of citations of a cited reference: Input "15" (89 meet the threshold)
-Choose number of keywords: retain "89"
-Verify selected keywords: select "Finish" --> map is created

Step 4: In map interface
- Orient to right-hand menu tab "Visualization"
- Under "Labels," set "Size variation" to 0.92
- Under "Labels," select font "SansSerif"
- Under "Lines," set "Size variation" to 1.00

Step 5: In map interface
-Click left-hand menu tab "File"
-Click "Save", and save both "VOSviewer map file" and "VOS viewer network file"
-To save image, click on "Screenshot", and save file in .tiff format



